We live in a profoundly anti-natalist era: motherhood is depicted as an exhausting burden, short-term relationships seem unsuitable for long-term responsabilities, and some people even believe it is selfish to have children in a world on the brink of climate collapse. For these and many other reasons, Western societies are now facing the consequences of […]
Conceived under the ULYSSES European Odyssey (2022-2024), an artistic project stretching across countries and which collects particular socio cultural elements from James Joyce’s Ulysses, the stage play Blooming (São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisbon, 2024) impressed its audiences with a daring take on the concept of aging in contemporary Portugal. Director Marco Martins wisely chose the […]
Child abuse has occurred, silently, throughout time. Over the centuries, reports of exploitation of minors and infanticide have been discovered, with a progressive evolution of attitudes and behaviors towards children. It was only in the 18th century that the concept of childhood emerged, with greater emphasis from the 20th century onwards, through studies aimed at […]
